Kezar Pavilion

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Kezar Pavilion
Location 755 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°46′03″N 122°27′14″W / 37.767458°N 122.453903°W / 37.767458; -122.453903
Opened 1924
Owner City and County of San Francisco
Operator San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department
Capacity 4,000
Tenants
San Francisco Rumble
Academy of Art University
San Francisco Pro-Am Basketball League

Coordinates: 37°46′03″N 122°27′14″W / 37.767458°N 122.453903°W / 37.767458; -122.453903

Kezar Pavilion, located adjacent to Kezar Stadium, is an indoor arena in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, United States (US). Built in 1924, the Pavilion seats 4,000 people and is owned and operated by the City of San Francisco. The San Francisco Rumble, of the American Basketball Association, and the Academy of Art University Urban Knights, of NCAA Division II, call Kezar their home field.

Sport

The University of San Francisco basketball team used Kezar Pavilion before War Memorial Gymnasium was constructed. The most regular tenant of Kezar Pavilion was the co-ed roller derby team the Bay Bombers of the original roller derby. The Bombers skated home games at the venue from 1961 to the end of the Roller Derby in 1973. Games played by the Bombers were videotaped and shown to a TV network of more than 100 stations, making Kezar perhaps one of the most well-known sports venues in the United States at the time.

In 2007 the San Francisco Bay Bombers and roller derby returned to the pavilion. Kezar was not only used by the Bombers for home season games, but the team also held tryouts in the building. In 2011 the Bay Area Derby Girls hosted their first double-header at the pavilion.

In 2006 Kezar Pavilion became the home of ChickFight female professional wrestling tournaments, and San Francisco Pro Wrestling company Fog City Wrestling secured the Kezar pavilion as their new home in 2008 due to an increase in demand.

As of 2013, Kezar is also a venue for San Francisco high school basketball games. The arena has accommodated numerous different sports, ranging from middle school volleyball to professional boxing. The versatility of the arena means that the differing requirements of various sports can be met, from professional basketball game to recreational indoor soccer. Kezar was discussed as a possible badminton or table tennis venue, for the purpose of training or qualifying, for San Francisco's 2012 Summer Olympics bid.[citation needed]

Entertainment

Concerts for artists such as Throbbing Gristle, The String Cheese Incident, The Clash, and Smashing Pumpkins have been held at Kezar Pavilion. Kezar is popular as a music venue due to the intimate "high-school gymnasium" atmosphere that exists, in addition to its location in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Throbbing Gristle's Kezar show was the band's last ever live performance.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gimarc, George (July 2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide To Underground Rock, 1970–1982. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 577. 
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